In Re Wells

In the month of October, 1915, the respondent, Wells, was admitted to practice law by the supreme court of the state of Nevada, after having been a resident of said state for the period of approximately six months. Within a few days after being so admitted as a member of the Bar, and late in the said month of October, he was, upon the motion of H. N. Mitchell, Esq., an attorney at law and a member of the Sacramento City Bar, and on the production of his license from the supreme court of Nevada and the assurance of the said Mitchell that the applicant was a person of good moral character, admitted by this court to practice-law in all the courts of the state of California.

Thereafter a committee of the Bar Association of the county of Orange, this state, acting for and in behalf of said association, presented a petition to this court, praying for an order revoking the order by this court admitting the respondent to the practice of the law in the courts of this state, and revoking and canceling the license thereupon issued to said respondent evidencing his right so to practice the law in this state, and striking his name from the roll of attorneys and counselors at law in the state…